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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



RESULTS. 



1st. The yield from the grain sown with the shoe drill exceeded that sown with 

 the hoe drill by two bushels and fifty pounds per acre. 



2nd. The yield increased in proportion to the depth of sowing. Many plants on 

 the shallow sown plot were injured, which somewhat delayed their ripening. 



FALL OR SPRING PLOUGHING FOR WHEAT. 



This test has given the result usually obtained on this farm, the spring ploughing 

 giving the largest return; this agrees with the experience of many Manitoba farmers 

 on similar soil, but under the system of farming generally adopted here there does not 

 appear to be sufficient time in the spring to plough for wheat. 



For comparison the yield of an adjoining plot of summer fallowed land is given. 



The soil was a black loam and the size of plots -^ acre each. 



Name 



of 



Variety. 



Red Fife 



How prepared. 



Summer fallowed 

 Spring ploughed.. 

 Fall ploughed .... 



to 



Lbs 



fil 



CO 



PREPARING STUBBLE LAND FOR GROWING WHEAT. 



In some districts increased areas are being sown on clean unploughed stubble, the 

 second crop after fallow, but there is a great difference of opinion regarding the most 

 ■uitable treatment for such land. 



Four plots each -^ acre were selected for this test, the soil was a moderately rich 

 black loam. 



The burning and disc harrowing of the stubble was all done in the spring, and the 

 Bowincr was made with a drill. 



Size of plots jJ^ acre, soil a moderately rich loam. 



